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Of all the things one could say about Rick Ross (that he has excellent drug-dealing bona fides, for one, or that he's really into saying his own name), one thing's for sure: The dude has a serious work ethic. The Miami rapper boasts, "Every day I'm hustlin' " on his massive radio hit "Hustlin' " -- remixed here with verses from Def Jam boss Jay-Z and fellow Dirty South MC Young Jeezy -- and that striving sentiment is all over his debut CD, Port of Miami. On the trunk-rattling "Push It," which loops a cheesetastic Giorgio Moroder tune from the Scarface soundtrack, he asks, "Who ever thought that fat girl would grow into Oprah/Or that boy Rick Ross would be moldin' the culture?" Ross' minimal, menacing rhymes about being a drug-game kingpin feel a little undercooked, but with synth-soaked ring-tone-ready beats that are hotter than the "MI-Yayo" in the summertime (mostly by local beatmakers Cool and Dre, DJ Khaled and the Runners), it doesn't really matter.
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Track List
- Intro (Rick Ross/Port Of Miami)
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Push It (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Blow
- Hustlin'
- Cross That Line
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I'm Bad (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Boss
- For Da Low
- Where My Money (I Need That)
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Get Away (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Hit U From The Back (track not available in Rhapsody)
- White House
- Pots and Pans
- It's My Time
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Street Life (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Hustlin' ((Remix) Album Version (Explicit))
- It Ain't A Problem
- I'm A G
- Prayer
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